[Forest-list] 2011-10-23 NRMI: This Issue: Estimating Rattan Biomass and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2011-10-23**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:*/Estimating Rattan Biomass/ *and Some Other Good Things

*BUT FIRST, WON'T YOU PLEASE HELP? *

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*Seeking Free Access Forestry Journals*. Umair Awan writes/, "Please 
help me by giving some best online free full access journals' links for 
forestry research papers as I have to start my research coming spring 
semester/." If you can help, please contact Umair at awan48 at gmail.com 
<mailto:awan48 at gmail.com>.

*ESTIMATING RATTAN BIOMASS -- *Here are some sites that may be of 
interest. If you know of others, please contact Dr. Tim Gregoire at 
timothy.gregoire at yale.edu <mailto:timothy.gregoire at yale.edu>_._

ANSAB. 2010. *Participatory Inventory of Non-Timber Forest Products. 
Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources. Kathmandu, 
Nepal.* 
http://www.ansab.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2.-PARTICIPATORY-INVENTORY_05102010.pdf

Bøgh, Anders.1996. *Abundance and growth of rattans in Khao Chong 
National Park, Thailand.* Forest Ecology and Management 84(1-3): 71-80. 
Abstract. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0378112796037383

Chamberlain, J.L., tech. coord. and editor. 2007. *Non-timber Forest 
Products: Traditional Products and Technologies: *Proceedings of the 
IUFRO Division 5 Research Group 5.11 technical sessions, Brisbane, 
Australia, 8-13 August 2005. Asia Pacific Association of Forestry 
Research Institutions, FRIM, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 118 p. 
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=36&ved=0CEAQFjAFOB4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iufro.org%2Fdownload%2Ffile%2F2318%2F1855%2F51100-proceedings-brisbane05_pdf%2F&rct=j&q=measuring%20inventorying%20biomass%20of%20rattan&ei=pmx_ToL4Lonu0gGlw43fDw&usg=AFQjCNHFtaNVXFQ4zc1uzHgW_hKtIVgbmA 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=36&ved=0CEAQFjAFOB4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iufro.org%2Fdownload%2Ffile%2F2318%2F1855%2F51100-proceedings-brisbane05_pdf%2F&rct=j&q=measuring%20inventorying%20biomass%20of%20rattan&ei=pmx_ToL4Lonu0gGlw43fDw&usg=AFQjCNHFtaNVXFQ4zc1uzHgW_hKtIVgbmA>www.iufro.org/download/file/.../51100-proceedings-brisbane05_pdf/ 
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/.../51100-proceedings-brisbane05_pdf/>

*Cultivation, Harvesting and Processing of African Rattan - /Palmae 
calamoideae/*. 11 p. http://www.isf-cameroun.org/african%20rattan-good.pdf

DeWalt, Saara J.**et al. 2006.*Liana habitat associations and community 
structure in a Bornean lowland tropical forest.* 
http://www.springerlink.com/content/584q4124534l3072/

Evans, Tom D.; Viengkham, Oulathong V. 2001. I*nventory time-cost and 
statistical power: a case study of a Lao rattan*. Forest Ecology and 
Management 150(3): 313-322. 
http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/3/1/0/index.htt?menu=cont

FAO. N.d. *Rattan: current research issues and prospects for 
conservation and sustainable development.* 
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/Y2783E/y2783e00.htm#TopOfPage

Ferchland, Bjarke et al. 2006. *Participatory inventory methods for 
multi-purpose tropical evergreen forest. Case: Ban Thung Soon community 
forest.* Fifth International Course on Tropical Forest Ecology and 
Silviculture. Thailand 3-23 January 2006. Group 7. 22 p. 
http://www.helsinki.fi/vitri/research/Educational_Projects/forrsa/RE_1_Proceedings/Forrsa_RE_1/RE_1_proceedings_pdf/Report_Gr7.pdf

Gnanaharan, R.; Mosteiro, A.P. 1997. *Local Tools and Equipment 
Technologies for Processing Bamboo & Rattan - An Illustrated Manual. 
*http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/INBAR_Technical_Report_No09.htm

Hamid, Nur Hasmiza Abdul; Suratman, Mohd Nazip. 2011. *Distribution of 
Rattan at Kuala Keniam, Taman Negara Pahang, Malaysia*. Proceedings of 
the International Symposium on Rehabilitation of Tropical Rainforest 
Ecosystems 2011. 5 p. http://www.forr2.upm.edu.my/frp/images/abstract42.pdf

Hirschberger, Peter. 2011. *Global Rattan Trade: Pressure on Forest 
Resources Analysis and Challenges.* 84 p. 
http://assets.wwf.ch/downloads/rattan_trade_analysis_final_editedno_trackchnage__ph__20110203.pdf

ITTO. 2007. *Technical report: rattan raw material trade*. 43 p. 
http://www.pustaka.rotanindonesia.org/rattan%20raw%20material%20trade.pdf

Laos. 2001. Course 2.3 - *Forest inventory for management planning 
purposes*. 37 p. 
http://www.mekonginfo.org/mrc_en/doclib.nsf/0/0A2450F7612FDBBD47256B96000B0D43/$FILE/Course2-3.pdf

Laos. 2001. *Village Forestry Training Manual 
*http://www.mekonginfo.org/mrc_en/doclib.nsf/0/0a2450f7612fdbbd47256b96000b0d43/$file/village_forestry_training_manual.html

*Manual of management and utilization techniques for rattan plantations 
in China*. 
http://www.itto.int/direct/topics/topics_pdf_download/topics_id=2708&no=0&disp=inline 
<http://www.itto.int/direct/topics/topics_pdf_download/topics_id=2708&no=0&disp=inline>

Martin, Gary J. et al. n.d. *Measuring Diversity -- Methods of Accessing 
Biological Resources and Local Knowledge.* 
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001240/124076eb.pdf

Pantanella, Edoardo. 2005. *The Silvicultural and Sustainable Management 
of Rattan Production Systems. *Thesis. 143 p. 
http://www.fao.org/forestry/11136-0f1ac19a329690e4e63e511ef1da4ccb.pdf

Philippines. 1996. *Governing the cutting, transporting and utilization 
of rattan and development of rattan plantations within the reservations 
covered by EOs 224 and 258*. 
http://www.napocor.gov.ph/WMD%20WEBPAGE/mandates/memorandum/mo%2096-27.htm

Rao, LV. Ramanuja; Sastry, Cherla B. Sastry. 1990. *The IDRC Bamboo and 
Rattan Research Network in Asi*a. 20 p. 
http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/11370/1/92784.pdf

Schindelem W. 2001. *Combined Forest Inventory - Field Manual.* 
Short-term Consultancy Report 26a 25 p. 
http://www.aseanforest-chm.org/document_center/sfm_framework/best_practices_for_sfm/annex_1a_combined_forest_inventory_field_manual.pdf?download=true. 


Schippmann, Uwe; Lange, Dagmar. N.d. *Annotated Bibliography on Plant 
Resource Assessment Methods for Non-Timber Forest Products with a focus 
on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants*. 132 p. 
http://www.floraweb.de/map-pro/Bib_Vilm.pdf

Sunderland, Terry C.H. 1997. *Field Guide to Rattan Genera and Rattan 
Collecting in West & Central Africa*. African Rattan Research Programme 
Technical Note No. 1. 7 p. 
http://www.cesca-world.org/downloads/Guide%20to%20Rattan%20Collection.pdf

Watanabe, Natsuki M.; Suzuki, Eizi. 2008. *Species diversity, abundance, 
and vertical size structure of rattans in Borneo and Java. *Biodiversity 
and Conservation 17(3): 523-538. Abstract. 
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j7317317163t4635/

Williams, J.T. et al eds. 1996. *Inventory Techniques and Assessment of 
Rattan and Bamboo in Tropical Forests. *Papers Presented at an 
International Meeting of Experts at the Forest Research Institute 
Malaysia (FRIM) 27-28 March 1995. Technical Report No. 11. 
http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/INBAR_Technical_Report_No11.htm

Wong, J.L.G. 2000. *The biometrics of non-timber forest product resource 
assessment: A review of current methodology*. 15 p 
http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/workshop/ntfp/text.pdf

Wong, Jennifer L.G. et al. 2001.*Resource Assessment of Non-Wood Forest 
Products -- Experience and Biometric Principles.* Non-Wood Forest 
Products 13. FAO. 
http://www.mekonginfo.org/mrc_en/doclib.nsf/0/78931B0CB2B5CECE47256B2E000D731F/$FILE/FULLTEXT.pdfand 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/Forestry/ZF0077_-_Resource_assessment_of_non-wood_forest_products_experience_and_biometric_principles.pdf

Zemek, Oliver John 2009. *Biomass and Carbon Stocks Inventory of 
Perennial Vegetation in the Chieng Khoi Watershed, NW Viet Nam.* 
University of Hohenheim. M.Sc. Thesis 125 p. 
https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/sfb564/public/c4_files/zemek_msc.pdf__

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Barrett, T.M.; Gray, A.N. 2011. *Potential of a national monitoring 
program for forests to assess change in high-latitude ecosystems. *Biol. 
Conserv. 144(5):1285-1294.Abstract. 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320710004581

BC. 1936. *Standard Legend for Forest Cover Mapping. British Columbia, 
Canada.* 34 p. 
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/bib106838.pdf. Note: much 
of text is hand written

Beever, E.A.; Woodward, A. 2011*. Design of ecoregional monitoring in 
conservation areas of high-latitude ecosystems under contemporary 
climate change*. Biol. Conserv. 144(5):1258-1269. 
http://fresc.usgs.gov/products/papers/2723_Woodward.pdf

Beever, E.A.; Woodward, A. 2011. *Ecoregional-scale monitoring within 
conservation areas, in a rapidly changing climate*. Biol. Conserv. 
144(5):1255-1257. http://fresc.usgs.gov/products/papers/2769_Woodward.pdf.

Bin Muzaffar, S., et al. 2011. *The endangered forests of Bangladesh: 
why the process of implementation of the Convention on Biological 
Diversity is not working.* Biodivers. Conserv. 20(7):1587-1601. 
http://www.springerlink.com/content/fh5pv4g37637n1k3/

Block, Ira. 2011. *Earth before the ice*. National Geographic (October) 
220(4): 90-109.

Didion, M. et al. 2009. *Potentials and limitations of using large-scale 
forest inventory data for evaluating forest succession models.* 
Ecological Modelling 220(2): 133-147. Abstract. 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380008004626

Estes, J.A., et al. 2011. *Trophic downgrading of planet Earth*. Science 
333(6040):301-306. 
http://people.biology.ufl.edu/rdholt/holtpublications/255.pdf

Etter, A., et al. 2011. *Incorporating temporality and biophysical 
vulnerability to quantify the human spatial footprint on ecosystems.* 
Biol. Conserv. 144(5):1585-1594. Abstract . 
http://www.mendeley.com/research/incorporating-temporality-biophysical-vulnerability-quantify-human-spatial-footprint-ecosystems/ 


Hui, C., et al.2011. *Defining optimal sampling effort for large-scale 
monitoring of invasive alien plants: a Bayesian method for estimating 
abundance and distribution*. J. Appl. Ecol. 48(3):768-776. Abstract. 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01974.x/abstract 


ITC. N.d. *A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information - Methods & 
Techniques. *http://www.itc.nl/~rossiter/research/rsrch_ss_methods.html 
<http://www.itc.nl/%7Erossiter/research/rsrch_ss_methods.html>

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<http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/links.cfm>, http://scholar.google.com/, 
and**/Directory of open access journals. 
/http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.

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*Invitation to Exhibit at Eye on Earth Summit - *This is an invitation 
for all youth who have any relevant projects showcasing best practices 
in the utilization of environmental data to get in touch for their 
projects to be showcased at the 12-15 December 2011 */Eye on Earth 
Summit/* http://www.eyeonearthsummit.org, Emerging Economies are at risk 
of losing valuable environmental assets as a result of inaccurate 
decision-making caused by the lack of useable, quality data. The 
solution is an achievable one. Much of the world's growing wealth of 
data is held in incompatible standards, 'protected' by bureaucratic 
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existence. The Eye on Earth Summit http://www.eyeonearthsummit.org/ is 
convened to address these issues. The summit will enable global leaders, 
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the issues that preclude access to data. The Eye on Earth Exhibition 
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Awesome application, web-based or otherwise, that promote utilization of 
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*Pay It Forward/-- Cheers, Gyde/*

-- 
H. Gyde Lund
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